Dagny

It seems like I’m going backwards now. My first worry about going back to school was that I would overeat in the cafeteria. Well that is not the case…I am eating too little! Before dinner today, my calories were only like 500! I could have had a snack between lunch and dinner, but I wasn’t hungry…also I had very little time. One day this week I only had around 900 calories…

Plus I am not even meeting my goals for carbs, fat and protein. Ha, I didn’t eat enough fat today! Imagine that! And I ate decent today, I had a cup of broccoli and veggies with my turkey sandwich at lunch. It wasn’t my best day but it wasn’t the worst.

Does anyone have any ideas of how to eat more during the day? (more calories). I had this problem when I first started tracking my calories, I remember I tried increasing how much I eat during each meal. But I am already stuffed at lunch each day, so I will just have to add a snack during the day, whether I like it or not!

It’s not my normal weigh in day, but I go to Curves and haven’t been weighed or measured into their system since I started (2 months) so thats what I did today before working out. I got sort of like a report card that shows my measurements and how much I lost. I figured I could report them here. This is in 2 months…I don’t know if it is typical, or super or if I could have lost more. I guess the big picture is that what I am doing is working!

Lost

Bust -2.50 inches (I didn’t want to lose that…lol)

Waist -2.75 inches

Abdomen -2.00 inches

Hips -2.50 inches

Thighs -1.50 inches

Arms -1.00 inches

Weight -15.25 pounds

Body Fat % -2.00%

So in total, I’ve lost -12.25 inches! And in total -15.25 pounds since starting Curves about 2 months ago.

Also, my mom went to the doctor’s for a check up and told our doctor how I started Curves and have been doing workout videos. The doctor thought that was great and wrote out a little thing for me, it’s my highest weight which was around November of last year (2007). My highest weight was 311 pounds…I think it was over 300 but I couldn’t remember what it was exactly. So comparing my highest weight (311) to what I weigh now, I’ve lost 45 pounds! Almost 50!

So I started back at college today, thats what one of my friends said to me after they haven’t seen me for a long time, something like “You are wasting away” he meant that I really lost weight! Haha but I’m not wasting away at 264!

Then another friend realized that I lost weight, and she wanted to know what I was doing. I told her about Curves and the dvds I’ve been doing. She was going to check out Curves and make an appointment, I think she was very surprised!

Oh yea and my ex saw me! I was wearing my new jeans that I really love (I just bought them but they are already somewhat baggy). Well he came and talked to me…asked about classes and summer. He wasn’t ready to come back to school. I don’t know if he noticed my weight loss, if he did he did not say. Even at lunch he came to my table, and started talking to me again, about a class I was worried about. He also said he was worried that my mom was going to come after him or something…finally I told him that he was at the wrong table, he didn’t belong there! (lol this was something a friend of ours said the day last year when he sat at our table and was asking me out) Well he replied that he was waiting for a friend to show up…I guess he took the hint because he left me alone. But while I was eating lunch he kept watching the table I was at…

Then I saw another person I knew before I went home and they noticed I look different…after seeing me a few months ago. She was also interested in what I had been doing, and how much I lost.

So, everyone noticed that I have been losing weight, so I guess it’s working! I still can’t tell though…but last night I thought my hips were smaller (which they must be or I’d not be wearing these pants!) but I can’t wait until my mind catches up!

I’m also taking a fitness course, which worries me. I know we are going to have to run 1.5 miles, and do other activities which I can’t really do…but it’s not a pass/fail thing. As long as you try and participate you will get points, it’s more to show you where your strong and weak points are.  On the other hand, I think it will be a great course for me. I will learn more about exercise, and see what other things I can do. Also I imagine I will learn about diet…and I will see how strong I am and how I might be able to improve. So I’m looking forward to that.

I am starting classes again on Monday. But I am armed with the knowledge of how to stay healthy and choose healthier foods! I commute, so it is not like I am stuck on campus for months, but the last semesters I’ve been in college I’ve actually gained weight! But this semester I am making a goal to LOSE weight! I am going to probably order turkey sandwiches for lunch, on whole wheat bread, and bring fruit and healthy snacks from home to keep me full (and away from the vending machine and junk in the cafeteria). Also, whenever they have vegetables that I like (like broccoli) I am going to order that. Oh and No more french fries! And water, no soda!

I’m going to find time to keep exercising. I think going to classes will help though, because I can go to Curves after classes and avoid sneaking out of the house. And I’m going to keep up with the Walk Away the Pounds workouts on the days I don’t go to Curves.

So these are my plans and goals,and I am held accountable now! So if I start eating crazy or quit exercising I can look at this and get back on track!

There’s also the case of the ex…we both go to the same college. After we broke up I booted him from my friend’s list on Facebook. Well he must have just discovered this because I got a friend request from him last night! I really don’t want to be friends with him…but I have just ignored the request for right now. But it makes me realize that he might want to talk to me on campus. Luckily all of my classes are in a building where he should not have classes…so in that building he would really be going out of his way. So the only place we should really cross paths is the cafeteria (if I had even more reason to avoid it).

My mom thinks it is best I don’t become friends with him, especially after he told me he should get me a scale for my birthday! (he also thought I should get the lap band) I even saw a picture he was tagged in (on his facebook profile) and he really looks old…like he aged a few decades in just one month! My mom thinks he looks like he gained weight but I can’t tell.  To me he just looks old, and maybe a little mad.

But if he should approach me, I am not planning to become friends with him, or even date him. He didn’t want anything to do with me before, and he wanted “free” of me…so now he is.  If I went back with him, I’d lose this healthy lifestyle I have going, I wouldn’t be able to go to Curves, or workout, I would be with someone who ate donuts and ice cream in front of me but thought that I should lose weight…so I am not giving away my dreams so to speak!

At Curves today a lady (a member) asked me how much I lost, and said she knew that I lost weight since starting. I said yes and told her how much I lost. I don’t know if she overheard me saying I lost weight, or noticed that I look different since the last time she saw me.  But that was motivating nonetheless.

My mom tells me she can see that I’ve lost weight. She told me that my nose is smaller! I have my father’s nose, and its really big and not attractive but my mom says that it’s funny how I used to say that because now its small.

I cannot see that I’ve been losing weight, other than what the scale says and what my mother, or others say. But I suppose part of it is because we are distracted by what we don’t like about our body so we focus on that rather than on what is improving?

Hi, I am starting college again in a week or so. I know in the past I used to eat very unhealthy on the days I go to classes. I travel an hour away from home, sometimes have only 30 minutes for a meal, sometimes no break at all. Also, the cafeteria food can get expensive, salads are weighed, one day my mother and I had a salad, each of us, and ended up paying over 12$! Also, I could take a turkey sandwich but the heat might get to that and spoil it.  In the past, I might end up buying a tuna wrap and french fries from the cafeteria, or bring roman noodles from home and pour hot water into them at lunch.

I don’t want going to college mess up my weight loss plans. So I wonder if anyone knows of any good, healthy foods and snacks that won’t spoil under the heat? The last semester I went, we did have access to a microwave, and I can get hot water from the cafeteria if I need it. Thanks for all of your suggestions!